It’s OK for Kids to Keep Believing in Santa, Expert Says

MONDAY, Dec. 24 (HealthDay News) — Children should be allowed to believe in Santa Claus as long as they want, an expert says.

There is no particular age at which a child should stop believing in Santa and children will often arrive at the truth themselves as they grow older, according to Jared Durtschi, an assistant professor in the marriage and family therapy program at…

This Day In History: The First African American Governor in the U.S. Takes Office

This Day In History: December 9, 1872

On this day in history, 1872, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback became the first person of African American descent to serve as the governor of a U.S. state.  Pinchback was born the son of a freed slave (African-Cherokee-Welsh-German descent) and her former…

U.S., Israel monitoring Syria’s cache of chemical weapons

BEIRUT — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton indicated Wednesday that Washington is as concerned about Syria’s chemical weapons falling into the hands of Syrian rebels as it is about the possibility that Syrian President Bashar Assad  may decide to deploy them.

“Our concerns are that an increasingly desperate Assad regime might turn to chemical weapons,  or might lose…

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The U.S. Set To Overtake Saudi As Top Oil Producer

The U.S. will overtake Saudi Arabia and Russia as the world’s top oil producer by 2017, the West’s energy agency said on Monday. It predicted that Washington would come very close to achieving previously unthinkable energy self-sufficiency.

The forecasts by the International Energy Agency (IEA), which advises large industrialised nations on energy policy, were in sharp contrast to previous IEA reports, which…

Nintendo drops price of Wii to $130 in U.S.

Nintendo announced Monday that it is dropping the price of its Wii console to $ 130 in the United States as it prepares to sell the next-generation Wii U in a little over a month.

The new offer shaves $ 20 off the previous Wii price. To sweeten the deal on the six-year-old console, Nintendo is offering a complete package — a black console, a Wii…

Facebook testing promoted posts in the U.S.

Would you pay to give your latest wedding photos, say, or garage sale announcement a better chance of appearing on your friends Facebook page? That’s the question the social network is testing.

On Wednesday, the company introduced a feature that allows U.S. users with fewer than 5,000 friends to promote their updates — for a fee. The users’ posts would gain prime placement on their friends news feeds.

Iran blamed for cyberattacks on U.S. banks and companies

Iran recently has mounted a series of disruptive computer attacks against major U.S. banks and other companies in apparent retaliation for Western economic sanctions aimed at halting its nuclear program, according to U.S. intelligence and other officials.

In particular, assaults this week on the Web sites of JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America probably were carried out by Iran, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.), chairman of the Homeland Security and…

Oil Falls A Second Day On European Crisis, U.S. Jobless Claims

Oil fell for a second day amid concern European leaders aren’t making progress on resolving the region’s debt crisis and as reports signaled a weakening economy in the U.S., the world’s biggest crude user.

Futures slid as much as 0.6 percent and headed for the first weekly decline in a month. GermanChancellor Angela Merkel said she and French President Francois Hollande will maintain the pressure on Greece to overhaul its economy at…

River Island rumoured to be planning U.S. expansion

Could British chain River Island be the next high street retailer to cross the pond?

BY Laura Hubbert | 06 August 2012

Following in the footsteps of Topshop, who made their Big Apple debut in 2009, River Island may be planning their own move stateside. Representatives are said to be scouting out possible sites in Manhattan for the new store, which could open as early as next year,…